The paper was originally published on September 23, 1867, as the
Wilmington Evening Star by former
Confederate Major William H. Bernard. Shortly after first publishing the paper, Bernard changed the paper to come out in the morning and changed the paper name to the
Wilmington Morning Star. In 1927, R. W. Page bought the
Morning Star, and in 1929 bought the city's afternoon newspaper, the
Wilmington News-Dispatch, which was later shortened to simply the
Wilmington News. Later in 1929, the two papers began running a combined edition on Sunday, the
Star-News. Page and his family continued to own the paper until 1975, when it was acquired by
The New York Times Company. On April 24, 2003; separate delivery of the
Morning Star and
News ended, and the two papers merged into a single seven-day paper, the
StarNews. As a result of damage from
Hurricane Florence in September 2018, the
StarNews moved into a temporary location in the Harrelson Building, after operating from a
Hampton Inn,
WWAY, and even homes of staff. The
StarNews never stopped publishing during the storm. In December 2023, the paper announced it was switching from carrier to mail delivery via the U.S. Postal Service. File:StarNews Historic Marker.jpg|Historic sign marker for the
Wilmington Morning Star File:StarNews Headquarters.jpg|The former headquarters for the
StarNews in Wilmington, North Carolina ==See also==